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2002-2018 (Creation)
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- York Geography Alumni Association
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0.13 m of textual records
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The York Geography Alumni Association was initiated in February 2002 by faculty of the Geography Department of York University (Don Freeman, Chair; Valerie Preston, Graduate Program Director; and John Warkentin, Professor Emeritus who acted as secretary pro tem for the association). Its purpose was to maintain contact between the department and its graduates, to liaise with graduate and undergraduate student clubs, to organize meetings, field trips. and projects to engage alumni, and to publish a newsletter, Contour Lines.
Custodial history
Most of these records were created by Janet Forbes, a graduate of the geography program of Atkinson College and the founding secretary/administrator of the YGAA and editor of Contour Lines. The last two files in the accession were created by John Warkentin, a retired professor who was one of the founders of the association who transferred the files to the Clara Thomas Archives in July 2023.
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Fonds consists of correspondence, administrative files, and newsletters for the association created to maintain contacts between graduates of York University's Department of Geography and current students and faculty.
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Donated by John Warkentin.
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2024/07/29 M. Moir, M. Alexander, J. Grant. Creation